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Mavis Gallant

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It happened that at the late age of twenty-seven I had run away from home. High time, you might say;...
MAVIS GALLANT She had the loaded handbag of someone who camps out and seldom goes home, or who imagines life must ...
MAVIS GALLANT My mother has lived every day of her life as if it were preparation for some kind of crisis.
MAVIS GALLANT [My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the b...
MAVIS GALLANT I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afrai...
MAVIS GALLANT If your life isn't exactly the way you want it to be by the time you are forty-five," said Walter's ...
MAVIS GALLANT She could have lived in comfort, but I doubt if it occurred to her to try.
MAVIS GALLANT My father, who has become too deaf to listen to reason, bores us with news of the weather. We have l...
MAVIS GALLANT Converts have it soft," said Mary. "They come to it late, without ever having had the Devil under th...
MAVIS GALLANT I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementa...
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GALLANT I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based of...
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GERARD GALLANT To stop those three guys is a feat in itself.
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GERARD GALLANT It?s probably a day-to-day thing, but it?s not good, I know that. He can put some pressure on it, bu...
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GERARD GALLANT It?s great to see him get some scoring chances and make the most of him. He?s played hard, and you l...
GERARD GALLANT Marc [Denis] was huge tonight. He played a great game and made some great saves. His last two games ...
GERARD GALLANT He had a real tough year at the start with all of the injuries he had. I think he's rounding into to...
GERARD GALLANT It's coming around. We have a pretty good team here when we're healthy.
GERARD GALLANT It does seem very strange. Typically if your spouse takes all your money, you'd need to keep on work...
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GERARD GALLANT The more you wear them, the better they look. When you get a pair that you've worn in, they become t...
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DAVID GALLANT [He's quick to point out that he never really stopped digging entirely.] The thing about digging cla...
DAVID GALLANT It got into my blood, ... It got into my system.
DAVID GALLANT Diane and I used to go ourselves and go to restaurants and knock on doors to get accounts,
DAVID GALLANT I was baby-sat on the beach,
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FRANK GALLANT We are looking to make another run, but it will depend on how our younger guys mature as the season ...
FRANK GALLANT They gave us about 1,000 bottles of water.
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JD GALLANT There's no rebate. You've got to negotiate from the manufacturer's suggested retail price. You've go...
JD GALLANT This is a good chance for people to deal both in the discount up front and in the financing.
JD GALLANT It?s a balancing act in our society. We?re always go, go, go, and it?s important to have balance in ...
KATHY GALLANT I was used to teens who had everything they needed.
KATHY GALLANT We walked into the center and it was just an amazing experience.
KATHY GALLANT It can take up to two months,
MICHAEL GALLANT The problem is giving people an answer they don't want to hear. That comes across as treating them b...
MICHAEL GALLANT Mount Vernon has always been very supportive of the program.
MAYOR RICHARD MAVIS Even without specific numbers in front of me, we have to be spending more money because it costs mor...
MAYOR RICHARD MAVIS We should get that down to one pill by the end of the year. It's very impressive.
DR. JOEL GALLANT There is nothing new about turning science into politics. This has been going on for some time in th...
DR. JOEL GALLANT This is the way we're going for patients with HIV (who are) starting therapy for the first time. It'...
DR. JOEL GALLANT This is telling me, personally, that something is wrong. But we still have to see what happens later...
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